Definition of quadrennium in English:
quadrennium
nounPlural quadrennia, Plural quadrenniums kwɒˈdrɛnɪəmkwäˈdrenēəm
A specified period of four years.
Example sentencesExamples
- Camelia was a solid performer for Romania, present at nearly all major events during the 1985-1988 quadrennium.
- She has the knowledge that she's been to the biggest event of the quadrennium, and has made a final.
- Set goals and objectives for each committee that are in line with the Strategic Game Plan for the quadrennium.
- A quadrennium later, they're storming toward that anticipated status.
- I will discuss some of the things we considered in setting up her season plan and how that fits into the final year of the Olympic quadrennium.
- It was a good marker for us to see where our juniors are at this point in the quadrennium.
- The new quadrennium, with its countdown to Beijing, has already begun.
- Elections were held to determine the makeup of the Executive and Technical Committees for the next quadrennium.
- Unfortunately, the 1980-1984 quadrennium marked a drought in Hungarian gymnastics.
- The USOC is currently in the 2001-2004 quadrennium.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin quadriennium, from quadri- 'four' + annus 'year'.